It is inevitable that a chain with narrower endplates and run over compact chainrings and cogs will wear out faster than an old school chain run over a 52-47 ringset. Also, today's ramped and pinned chainrings and index shift invite power shifting, which none of us old school guys ever did. Instead, we always backed off on the crank torque when changing gears, and we downshifted early on climbs.
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Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069